Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan arrives in Sri Lanka
Posted On December 21, 2013
Colombo: 19 December 2013
Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan, Hon Sardar Ayaz Sadiq arrived in Sri Lanka today (19th December 2013) on a two days official visit, undertaken on the invitation of Sri Lanka’s Speaker of Parliament Hon Chamal Rajapaksa. The invitation was conveyed by the Deputy Speaker of Sri Lankan Parliament Chandima Weerakkody, during his recent visit to Pakistan.
During his visit, Hon Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will call on his counterpart and also observe the ongoing proceedings of Sri Lankan Parliament. The Honorable Speaker will also hold a meeting with members of Sri Lanka Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Association and attend a luncheon hosted by the Association in his honour.
The Sri Lanka-Pakistan Parliamentarians Friendship Association is a multiparty caucus of 42 members, which was established in Colombo in November 2007. The inaugural session of the Association was held on November 21, 2007, in Colombo under the Chairmanship of the Speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament. The Association is bi-partisan as it includes members from almost all political parties. On similar lines, a Sri Lanka-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Group has been established in the National Assembly of Pakistan with the Speaker as its President.
The formation of parliamentary Friendship Associations in the national parliaments is another manifestation of cordiality and multifaceted nature of bilateral relations between the two countries.
